Command/macro to go back to last line(s) visited in file ?

[grege2]

Hi all, apologies if this is the wrong place to raise this, it's been a while since I did much on github. Thanks again Evan for a great editor, I use it every day. Something I find I could use a lot, is a facility to go back to where I last was in a file. Example: editing some code, search for some term, find it, read what I need to know, and now i want to go back to where I was and continue editing. I could do this by splitting the window and using the second window just as a search sandpit, or having the same file open in a second tab and doing the same sandpit .. and often I do that .. but sometimes I haven't thought ahead and I'm in a single file and I just want to get back to where I was before a search.

Maybe there could be a "stack" of locations visited, and you could go back through the list. This would cater for a search where you search through a few places until you find the one you want.

It's possible this is already easily do-able, in which case I will have egg on face :=(

Thanks in advance for comments ! or .. ATdhvaannkcse .. ah the old ones are the best.

[eteran]

If I understand it correctly, what you're looking for is the ability to navigate the history of cursor positions. This is a great idea and I'd love to implement it!

I'm just about to call a night, but there may be some small features that can basically get you there. I'll try to take a look at it tomorrow.

[grege2]

Thanks. I guess the Mark (a to z) and Goto Mark commands do some of what's needed here. And they compensate for changes in the file after things are marked. I rarely use these.

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If I understand it correctly, what you're looking for is the ability to navigate the history of cursor positions. This is a great idea and I'd love to implement it!

I'm just about to call a night, but there may be some small features that can basically get you there. I'll try to take a look at it tomorrow.

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